The History of Semiconductor Heterostructures Research: From Early Double Heterostructure Concept to Modern Quantum Dot Structures

11 Jul 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Zhores I. Alferov

It would be very difficult today to imagine solid-state physics without semiconductor heterostructures. Semiconductor heterostructures and especially double heterostructures, including quantum wells, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/11436

The Pioneers of Quantum Computing

19 Nov 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David P. Di Vincenzo

This talk profiles the persons whose insights and visions created the subject of quantum information science. Some famous, some not, they all thought deeply about the puzzles and contradictions that …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8067

Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 29: Introduction to the NEMO3D Tool

04 Aug 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This presentation provides a very high level software overview of NEMO3D. The items discussed are: Modeling Agenda and Motivation Tight-Binding Motivation and basic formula expressions Tight …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8599

Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 22: NEMO1D - Motivation, History and Key Insights

07 Feb 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

The primary objective of the NEMO-1D tool was the quantitative modeling of high performance Resonant Tunneling Diodes (RTDs). The software tool was intended for Engineers (concepts, fast turn-around, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8389

C.V. Raman and the Impact of Raman Effect in Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter, and Materials Science

18 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Anant K. Ramdas

Raman’s momentous discovery in 1928 that the spectral analysis of the light scattered by matter, illuminated with monochromatic light of frequency ωL, reveals new signatures at (ωL ± ωi) , …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5453

The Novel Nanostructures of Carbon

28 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gene Dresselhaus

A brief review will be given of the physical underpinnings of carbon nanostructures that were developed over the past 60 years, starting with the electronic structure and physical properties of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3997

Technology challenges of the 21st Century

14 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eugene S. Meieran

The 20th century was a century of remarkable scientific and technical achievement, as recorded in the National Academy of Engineering book, "A Century of Innovation". Three forces ("a perfect storm") …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2669

The Transistor

11 Dec 2006 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Victor Hugo Estrada, Elizabeth Gardner

This is the third contribution from the students in the University of Texas at El Paso Molecular Electronics course given in the fall of 2006. This PowerPoint presentation describes a brief …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2095